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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1884
Page
6
A Sacramento Bee item recounts a fruit shop scare with a bold sign This is not a lunch and a shopkeeper describing nibblers the people who sample fruit yet never buy He notes many losses from sample tasting and explains nibblers exist mainly as men and women alike who linger over fruit before choosing to purchase or depart.
An fragmented Albany Arcus dialogue imagines a London exchange about a mysterious place and language. A New York editor named Sam in Chicago is courted to prime material for a Presidential campaign, with a wary nod to diary style notes and expressions.
A bulldog owned by Louis Britz in Flatbush was gored by a cow while watching the herd Monday. The cow impaled the dog with its horn after the dog slept, then charged the cowherd, tearing clothes and biting a worker. The dog then bit three other dogs as the cow was killed to prevent hydrophobia.
A Charlotte Observer note describes a child from Concord dying after swallowing a lightning bug during play near Gadelis factory. Despite medical care, the Hite girl died within hours, marking a strange accident in the local area.
A downtown tailor notes steady trade driven by those who seek new apparel. Gray tweeds and mixed fabrics dominate, with sack coats leading. prices remain low postwar, while richer outfits stay costly. Seer suckers, a costly Calcutta cotton fabric, attract buyers, bought by the box sight unseen, and once chosen, nonrefundable. A light humor note follows on pet frogs and a scientist’s observations.
A tangled report from Stockton and Washington streets describes a white infant abducted by a Chinese man and taken to Church alley, with new details suggesting multiple missing white babies given to Chinese guardians. Investigations by local clergy and police are urged as fears of murder or forced prostitution arise, while a witness claims several such waifs have already been handed to Chinese families in recent months.
A Georgia woman, Mrs Ball of Atlanta’s Fourth Ward, endured a frightful suspension of animation during a severe storm. Seized by a terror she hadn't felt in twenty years she collapsed in bed, lay motionless four hours, then revived and recounted the earlier fear as if relived. She recovered by yesterday.
A Chicago Herald report describes a Canadian line crossing incident aboard a passenger train. A man loudly shouted derisive remarks about the Queen, claiming newfound freedom after crossing the line into the United States and recounting a prior fine imposed by a judge.
Surviving Wes tay Chapel members recall Misa Adelia Clark who rose from maid and nurse to a widow with a large Michigan estate. After years of hardship she married a farmer, faced tragedy as husband and children died, then remarried into wealth. Now a city reformer seeks a caretaker heir for a boy from the orphanage, highlighting contrasts between past poverty and present fortunes.
A comic scene unfolds on an eastbound Paterson to New York train as a traveling canvasser uses a concertina to stage pretend voting. He tallies two for Blaine, four for George Washington, and one for John L. Sullivan, while declaring the rest illegal as cigar stumps and coal chunks fill the ballots. A separate incident follows with Herman Painter discovering a large black snake beside a stump in Warren County and a boy aiding in the capture using a gun to secure tea amid a chaotic chase.
Mountaineers in North Carolina and Tennessee dig ivy roots which fetch ten to twelve dollars per ton at railroad stations. The roots are shipped north for door knobs veneering and inlaid work. Once a nuisance in land clearing they now command far higher value than land two years ago.
The piece argues that stock prices depend on “water” or liquidity. It highlights Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as water free, compares Pennsylvanian Coal, Denver and Rio Grande, and Morgan failures to illustrate how overwatering depresses quotations. It cites Vanderbilt and government bonds as safer stores of value amid the squeeze.
Fragmentary OCR notes record a railroad timetable entry dated May 11 1889. The text mentions high level exchange and an individual named Otto with a POA designation. The readable portion suggests timetable listing details but is heavily garbled.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Nickel Plate Chicago and 33 line with references to a railroad event or timetable. Names and specifics are unclear but indicate a transportation related item in a Chicago area column.
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